Broad Ripple Brewpub Quiz
posted: Sept. 05, 2024

Movie Villains
1) The evil Noah Cross justifies his villainy with this line in what classic 1974 movie: "You see, Mr. Gittes, most people never have to face the fact that at the right time and right place, they're capable of anything"?
2) Douglas Rain plays what memorable villain using only his voice in a movie from 1968?
3) In the 1986 movie Blue Velvet what is villain Frank Booth's favorite beer?
4) What actor plays the villains in the movies Seven and The Usual Suspects, both released in 1995?
B. O. O. K. - one of the answers to these questions starts with a "B", two with an "O" and one with a "K"
1) What memoir by Piper Kerman published in 2010 forms the basis for a series produced for Netflix?
2) What author wrote the humorous travel books The Lost Continent: Travels In Small Town America published in 1989 and A Walk In The Woods: Rediscovering America On The Appalachian Trail published in 1998?
3) Which character in the Winnie-The-Pooh stories by A. A. Milne provides a home for Tigger when he arrives in the Hundred Acre Wood?
4) The Gulag Archipelago and what other work were based on Russian author Alexandr Solzhenitsyn's experiences in Josef Stalin's forced labor camps?
Crossword Words and Names
1) What alternate name for a Sea Eagle is a four letter word that begins and ends with the same letter?
2) What lyricist is much more likely to be the answer to a crossword clue than his more famous music writing brother?
3) Adding one letter to what word for a female animal gives you the name of a jug with a large mouth?
4) What dancer's name is much more likely to be an answer to a crossword clue than her more famous dancing partner, who was also her brother?
September History - Part One
1) Whose forces defeated the forces of Mark Anthony at the naval Battle of Actium on September 2nd 31 B. C.?
2) Who was the first European to sight the island of Manhattan either on September 3rd or 4th 1609?
3) Considered the worst natural disaster in U. S. history, what Texas city was largely destroyed by a hurricane on September 8th 1900?
4) Who became the first American born Saint on September 14th 1975?
Guitar
1) What singer and songwriter played a guitar with the words "This Machine Kills Fascists" written on it?
2) What blues singer has a guitar named Lucille?
3) The 1985 album Brothers In Arms has a photo of a National Steel Guitar on its cover and features the songs Money For Nothing and Walk Of Life. What band released the album?
4) Matt "Guitar" Murphy was a member of what band that was featured in a movie from 1980?
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